2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The 2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. For the first season, the Wildcats played their home games at their new stadium, Kentucky Proud Park.

2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	26–29 (7–23 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Mingione (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Belanger Roland Fanning
Home stadium	Kentucky Proud Park
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			58	–	12	–	0		.829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			46	–	17	–	0		.730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Missouri  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Florida  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17	–	0		.433			34	–	26	–	0		.567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			52	–	15	–	0		.776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			46	–	20	–	0		.697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	26	–	0		.606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13	–	1		.550			39	–	23	–	1		.627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	27	–	0		.603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			38	–	28	–	0		.576
Alabama  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			30	–	26	–	0		.536
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2019[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

1st Team

• Zack Thompson - Starting Pitcher (Baseball America) ^[2]

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Wildcats predicted to finish in sixth place in the Eastern Division.^[3]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Vanderbilt	87 (9)
2	Florida	81 (4)
3	Georgia	68 (1)
4	South Carolina	53
5	Tennessee	40
6	Kentucky	30
7	Missouri	26

Preseason All-SEC teams

1st Team

• T.J. Collett - Designated Hitter/Utility
• Zack Thompson - Starting Pitcher

Roster

2019 Kentucky Wildcats roster
	Pitchers 3 Ben Jordan - Freshman 13 Cole Ayers - Freshman 14 Zack Thompson - Junior 15 Trip Lockhart - Sophomore 16 Will Gambino - Freshman 20 Braxton Cottongame - Freshman 22 Dillon Marsh - Freshman 24 Brett Marshall - Sophomore 31 Alex Degen - Freshman 34 Carson Coleman - Sophomore 35 Cole Daniels - Freshman 36 Brad Dobzanski - Freshman 38 Jimmy Ramsey - Sophomore 39 Hunter Rigsby - Freshman 40 Brandon Sulzer - Freshman 41 Grant Macciocchi - Junior 45 Aaron McGeorge - Senior 47 Kyle Music - Freshman 50 Mason Hazelwood - Sophomore 54 Daniel Harper - Sophomore 55 Tyler Burchett - Freshman		Catchers 8 Marshall Gei - Graduate 21 Orlando Adams Jr. - Freshman 25 Coltyn Kessler - Sophomore 44 Brendan Hord - Freshman 52 Tanner Holen - Junior Infielders 1 Jake Thompson - Junior 2 Austin Schultz - Freshman 4 Zeke Lewis - Junior 5 T.J. Collett - Junior 10 Dalton Reed - Junior 19 Alex Rodriguez - Senior 26 Justin Olson - Freshman 33 Trae Harmon - Freshman 42 Elliott Curtis - Junior 43 Breydon Daniel - Junior		Outfielders 7 Rook Ellington - Freshman 12 Ryan Shinn - Senior 28 Ryan Johnson - Senior 30 Jaren Shelby - Junior 37 Cam Hill - Sophomore

Personnel

Coaching staff

2019 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff
Nick Mingione – Head coach – 3rd year Jim Belanger – Assistant coach – 3rd year Roland Fanning – Assistant coach – 3rd year Todd Guilliams – Volunteer assistant coach – 3rd year Cameron Langfels – Director of operations – 1st year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Kentucky win
	Kentucky loss
	Postponement
Bold	Kentucky team member

2019 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season (26–29)
February (5–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 15 at Austin Peay Raymond C. Hand Park Clarksville, Tennessee 8-4[4] Coleman (1-0) Gollert (0-1) None 310 1–0 – Feb. 16 at Austin Peay Raymond C. Hand Park 12-5[5] Ramsey (1-0) Newberg (0-1) None 414 2–0 – Feb. 17 at Austin Peay Raymond C. Hand Park 11-1[6] Coleman (2-0) Rye (0-1) None 279 3–0 – Feb. 22 at No. 3 Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park Lubbock, Texas 4-7[7] Queen (2-0) Coleman (2-1) None 3,504 3–1 – Feb. 23 at No. 3 Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 7-10[8] Dobbins (1-0) Hazelwood (0-1) Beeter (2) 3,629 3–2 – Feb. 24 at No. 3 Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 4-19[9] Montgomery (1-0) Marsh (0-1) None 3,686 3–3 – Feb. 26 Eastern Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, Kentucky 7-3[10] Macciocchi (1-0) Ferris (1-1) None SECN+ 4,074 4–3 – Feb. 27 Northern Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park 5-4[11] Degen (1-0) Ross (0-2) None SECN+ 3,096 5–3 –
March (11–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 1 Canisius Kentucky Proud Park 10-2[12] Harper (1-0) Warner (0-1) None SECN+ 2,642 6–3 – Mar. 2 Canisius Kentucky Proud Park 12-3[13] Marsh (1-1) Kneussle (1-1) None SECN+ 7–3 – Mar. 2 Canisius Kentucky Proud Park 4-3[14] Daniels (1-0) Burmaster (0-2) Coleman (1) SECN+ 2,861 8–3 – Mar. 6 Boston College Kentucky Proud Park 3-12[15] Witkowski (1-0) Coleman (2-2) None SECN+ 2,643 8–4 – Mar. 8 Middle Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park 4-1[16] Thompson (1-0) Keenan (1-2) Ramsey (1) SECN+ 2,751 9–4 – Mar. 10 Middle Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park 7-0[17] Daniels (2-0) Lester (0-1) None SECN+ 3,680 10–4 – Mar. 10 Middle Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park 5-4[18] Ramsey (2-0) Holcombe (1-4) None SECN+ 3,680 11–4 – Mar. 12 SIU Edwardsville Kentucky Proud Park 6-4[19] Harper (2-0) Drewry (1-1) None SECN+ 2,788 12–4 – Mar. 13 Western Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park 15-0[20] Marsh (2-1) Newell (1-2) None SECN+ 2,948 13–4 – Mar. 16 at No. 13 LSU Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1-212[21] Fontenot (3-0) Lockhart (0-1) None SECN+ 10,509 13–5 0–1 Mar. 16 at No. 13 LSU Alex Box Stadium 4-16[22] Henry (1-0) Macciocchi (1-1) Vietmeier (1) SECN+ 10,622 13–6 0–2 Mar. 17 at No. 13 LSU Alex Box Stadium 2-7[23] Beck (2-0) Rigsby (0-1) None SECN+ 10,323 13–7 0–3 Mar. 19 Xavier Kentucky Proud Park 16-3[24] Lockhart (1-1) Kent (0-2) None SECN+ 3,009 14–7 – Mar. 22 No. 13 Texas A&M Kentucky Proud Park 3-5[25] Miller (3-0) Coleman (2-3) Kalich (6) SECN+ 3,270 14–8 0–4 Mar. 23 No. 13 Texas A&M Kentucky Proud Park 3-9[26] Lacy (5-0) Macciocchi (1-2) Jozwiak (1) SECN+ 3,264 14–9 0–5 Mar. 24 No. 13 Texas A&M Kentucky Proud Park 5-17[27] Menefee (2-0) Ramsey (2-1) Miller (1) SECN+ 3,368 14–10 0–6 Mar. 26 Morehead State Kentucky Proud Park 7-0[28] Hazelwood (1-1) Rogers (2-2) None SECN+ 2,930 15–10 – Mar. 28 No. 4 Georgia Kentucky Proud Park 3-7[29] Hancock (6-1) Ramsey (2-2) None SECN 3,292 15–11 0–7 Mar. 29 No. 4 Georgia Kentucky Proud Park 5-0[30] Thompson (2-0) Smith (2-1) None SECN+ 3,124 16–11 1–7 Mar. 30 No. 4 Georgia Kentucky Proud Park 8-1010[31] Schunk (1-0) Harper (2-1) None SECN+ 3,134 16–12 1–8
April (6–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Kentucky 3-8[32] Elliott (2-1) Hazelwood (1-2) None ACCN Extra 4,278 16–13 – April 5 at Missouri Taylor Stadium Columbia, Missouri 4-2[33] Daniels (3-0) Cantleberry (3-2) Coleman (2) SECN+ 905 17–13 2–8 April 6 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 4-5[34] Dulle (3-3) Ayers (0-1) None SECN+ 1,627 17–14 2–9 April 7 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 2-9[35] Sikkema (3-2) Cottongame (0-1) None SECN+ 1,020 17–15 2–10 April 10 at Lipscomb Dugan Field Nashville, Tennessee 6-2[36] Harper (3-1) Habegger (2-2) None 457 18–15 – April 12 at No. 11 Ole Miss Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi 2-8[37] Ethridge (5-2) Ramsey (2-3) None SECN+ 9,491 18–16 2–11 April 14 at No. 11 Ole Miss Swayze Field 4-1[38] Hazelwood (2-2) Nikhazy (3-2) Coleman (3) SECN 7,978 19–16 3–11 April 14 at No. 11 Ole Miss Swayze Field 4-2[39] Thompson (3-0) Hoglund (1-1) Harper (1) SECN+ 7,978 20–16 4–11 April 16 Louisville Kentucky Proud Park 6-18[40] Perkins (2-0) Macciocchi (1-3) None SECN+ 4,919 20–17 – April 18 Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park 2-4[41] Schultz (2-0) Harper (3-2) Walsh (7) SECN+ 3,463 20–18 4–12 April 19 Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park 1-16[42] Stallings (7-2) Hazelwood (2-3) None SECN+ 3,717 20–19 4–13 April 20 Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park 2-8[43] Linginfelter (6-4) Thompson (3-1) None SECN+ 3,257 20–20 4–14 April 23 at Western Kentucky Bowling Green Ballpark Bowling Green, Kentucky 15-4[44] Marsh (3-1) Ciocco (0-1) None 2,836 21–20 – April 26 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Gainesville, Florida 8-10[45] Scott (4-3) Ramsey (2-4) None SECN+ 3,664 21–21 4–15 April 27 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 5-1[46] Thompson (4-1) Leftwich (4-4) None SECN 4,068 22–21 5–15 April 28 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 8-12[47] Scott (5-3) Coleman (2-4) None ESPN2 3,401 22–22 5–22
May (4–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 3 Arkansas Kentucky Proud Park 2-5[48] Campbell (8-1) Ramsey (2-5) Cronin (10) SECN+ 4,225 22–23 5–17 May 5 Arkansas Kentucky Proud Park 1-9[49] Wicklander (5-1) Marsh (3-2) None SECN+ 3,749 22–24 5–18 May 5 Arkansas Kentucky Proud Park 5-4[50] Thompson (5-1) Noland (2-3) Coleman (4) SECN+ 3,749 23–24 6–18 May 7 Indiana Kentucky Proud Park 5-2[51] Ramsey (3-5) Sommer (4-3) Lockhart (1) SECN 3,162 24–24 – May 10 at South Carolina Founders Park Columbia, South Carolina 4-5[52] Harley (3-4) Ayers (0-2) Kerry (6) SECN 5,983 24–25 6–19 May 11 at South Carolina Founders Park 3-11[53] Morgan (4-5) Ramsey (3-6) Kerry (7) SECN 6,451 24–26 6–20 May 12 at South Carolina Founders Park 6-2[54] Thompson (6-1) Lloyd (3-4) None SECN 6,008 25–26 7–20 May 14 Michigan Kentucky Proud Park 7-4[55] Ramsey (4-6) Cleveland (4-2) Coleman (5) SECN 3,224 26–26 – May 16 Vanderbilt Kentucky Proud Park 10-16[56] Fisher (2-0) Harper (3-3) King (3) SECN+ 3,649 26–27 7–21 May 17 Vanderbilt Kentucky Proud Park 4-12[57] Rocker (7-5) Marsh (3-3) None SECN+ 4,491 26–28 7–22 May 18 Vanderbilt Kentucky Proud Park 4-7[58] Brown (2-1) Coleman (2-5) None SECN+ 4,249 26–29 7–23

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2019 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	7–23		1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	ALA	W7	1–9	0–4
ARK	20–10	2–1		2–1	.	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	ARK	W1	7–3	3–0
AUB	14–16	2–1	1–2		.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	AUB	W6	4–6	1–1
FLA	13–17	3–0	.	.		0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	0–3	FLA	E5	4–6	2–3
UGA	21–9	3–0	.	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	.	3–0	1–2	.	2–1	UGA	E2	8–2	4–1
KEN	7–23	.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2		0–3	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	KEN	E7	1–9	0–4
LSU	17–13	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	.	.	2–1	.	LSU	W3	6–4	2–1
MSU	20–10	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	.	MSU	W2	8–2	3–1
MIZZ	13–16	.	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	MIZZ	E4	5–4	1–3
MISS	16–14	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2		.	1–2	3–0	.	MISS	W5	5–5	2–1
SCAR	8–22	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	.		1–2	1–2	0–3	SCAR	E6	1–9	0–3
TENN	14–16	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		.	1–2	TENN	E3	5–5	1–2
TAMU	16–13	2–1	2–1	2–1	.	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	.		2–1	TAMU	W4	6–3	1–1
VAN	23–7	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	.	.	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	1–2		VAN	E1	8–2	5–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'[59]		*
Baseball America[60]
NCBWA†[61]

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.